Engineers and Consultants
Engineers and Consultants
Hydro Turbines are complex machines with multiple transient conditions at start-up. Advanced Pattern Recognition is key in determining the roles that load, net head, cooling water temperature, and air cooler fouling play in day-to-day operations. Calculating the Generator’s Asset Health Score (AHS) for trending helps users determine the overall asset’s health over time. In one […]
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A good Asset Management program requires some time-based activities, such as filter changes and lubrication events. The challenge is in performing scheduled maintenance activities on time to keep a low-risk profile. Skipping or deferring maintenance items will increase problems over time. In Hydro Generation, if air cooler fouling is left untreated, daily operations can be
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Dr. Boualem (Bo) Hadjerioua will be presenting on Mesa’s newly acquired small hydro technology at NHA Hydropower Week in Washington, D.C. during the “Water Power Innovation Showcase: Conventional Hydro and Marine Energy” session on Wednesday, March 13, from 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM in the Senate Room.
The presentation will delve into the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) innovative technique of using surface water pumps to improve dissolved oxygen (DO) levels in turbine releases to meet the tailwater DO content’s limit requirements. Dr. Hadjerioua or one of his staff will present the findings from the proposed surface pumps.
Hadjerioua To Present Technical Paper at HYDROVISION 2024 Read More »
In an interview with Hydro Leader Magazine, AI Subject Matter Expert Buddy Lee discusses how AI can help keep aging equipment in hydro facilities operating reliably while responding to grid demands.
Buddy Lee Discusses, “Is Artificial Intelligence a Game Changer for Hydro” Read More »
Boualem (Bo) Hadjerioua, Director of Integrated Water Resources Management at Mesa Associates, Inc. (Mesa), with Madison Bowling and Dol Raj Chalise, recently published an article (March 15, 2023) in the magazine Hydro Review. In the article, they discuss the importance of developing new technologies for hydropower and suggest that the U.S. government, regulators, and power utilities
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There are five turbines installed in Mansfield, CT. This site is an independently owned hydropower generation facility. It houses five NuTURBINE LR-100’s, sized with 100 kW generators for a maximum total output capacity of 500kW. The site has approximately 17 ft of head and 450 cfs of flow. The choice of five 100 kW hydroturbines rather than fewer >100 kW turbines was based on using the optimal capability of the variations of the river to generate energy.
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The NuTURBINE LR-100 was installed in a small site in Massachusetts. A singular NuTURBINE using a 100 kW generator was installed in 2014. This installation has in-excess of twenty- five thousand (25,000) operational hours.
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